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Silchar: A massive fire broke out on Hospital Road in Silchar on Wednesday afternoon, destroying two shops, several houses, and a political party's office. The blaze sparked widespread panic, prompting SP Cachar Numal Mahatta and a large police contingent to rush to the scene. Eight fire tenders eventually brought the fire under control. A shop selling scientific medical equipment, a hardware store, a CPI(M) party office and a house, located behind the party office, was completely gutted before the fire tenders could reach. Initially, only one fire engine had reached the spot on time, but could do very little as the situation had taken a turn for the worse. Locals reported that the fire may have been caused by a short circuit, while the SP attributed it to a gas cylinder explosion. However, what caught the eye of the locals were leakages in the pipes of the fire tenders, leading to a chaotic scenario. An eyewitness said a short circuit had led to a spark in one of the shops and within a few minutes smoke had started to come out. Local shopkeepers brought the situation under control by shutting off the electrical lines, he said. “At about 1:30 pm, we saw smoke coming out once again and called the fire brigade and emergency services. However, the sight of leaking pipes is extremely disappointing. We still have old vehicles for services, when modern facilities should utilised.” Assam Rifles and ONGC too were pressed into action. We also published the following articles recently Massive fire razes several establishments in Silchars Hospital Road A devastating fire engulfed two shops, homes, and a political office on Hospital Road in Silchar Wednesday. Eight fire tenders battled the blaze, which locals suspect started from a short circuit, while authorities pointed to a gas cylinder explosion. Leaking fire truck pipes hampered efforts, raising concerns about outdated equipment. Fire breaks out in shop, one injured A fire ignited by a generator spark engulfed a quilt and mattress shop in Unnao's Ganga Ghat Kotwali area on Sunday, spreading to neighboring businesses. One person sustained burns. Police swiftly managed traffic while firefighters extinguished the blaze. The incident underscores fire safety concerns in commercial areas. Massive fire engulfs shops in Ranchi's commercial hub A fire erupted Wednesday morning in a Ranchi battery shop on Lalji Hirji road, near Sarjana Chowk, quickly spreading to neighboring businesses. Firefighters battled the blaze, fueled by potentially explosive lithium batteries, for three hours. Six fire tenders from three stations responded to the scene around 10:30 am. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , and Mini Crossword .

To The New York Times, it was a standard journalistic practice done in the name of fairness — asking someone involved in a story for comment. To the mother of the nominee for secretary of defense, it constituted a threat. On Wednesday, Pete Hegseth's mother accused the Times of making “threats” by calling about its story on an email she had sent to her son six years earlier that criticized his treatment of women. Penelope Hegseth sought and received an interview on Fox News Channel to support her son, whose confirmation chances are threatened by a series of damaging stories about his personal conduct. At one point, she said she wanted to directly tell President-elect Trump that her son “is not that man he was seven years ago.” People are also reading... Statesville native Tomlin leads Delaware State to MEAC volleyball title, NCAA berth Top vote-getter Houpe: Why am I not chairman of Iredell board of commissioners? 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The Times' story, published Saturday , quoted from a private email that Penelope Hegseth sent to her son in 2018 while he was in the midst of divorcing his second wife. She criticized his character and treatment of women, suggesting that he get some help. “I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego,” she wrote to her offspring. “You are that man (and have been for many years).” She told the Times for its story that she had sent the email in a moment of anger and followed it up two hours later with an apology. She disavows its content now. When the Times called her for comment on the story, Hegseth told Fox News that, at first, she did not respond. She said she perceived the calls as a threat — “they say unless you make a statement we will publish it as is and I think that's a despicable way to treat anyone,” she said. “I don't think a lot of people know that's the way they operate,” she said, speaking about the story. She accused the newspaper of being in it "for the money. And they don't care who they hurt, families, children. I don't believe that's the right way to do things.” Charles Stadtlander, a spokesman for the Times, said Hegseth's claim “is flatly untrue,” and she was in no way threatened. “The Times did what it always does in reporting out a story, simply reaching out and asking for a comment, which we included,” he said. Such a call is the opposite of a threat — it's an attempt to be fair, said Tom Rosenstiel, a University of Maryland professor and co-author of “Elements of Journalism: What News People Should Know and What the Public Should Expect.” “She's basically saying that brake lights are a threat because they alert you that the car ahead of you is about to stop," he said. But many Americans would perceive that call as a threat, or certainly as rude and a violation of privacy, said Tim Graham, director of media analysis at the conservative Media Research Center. “She didn't write that email to be on the front page of The New York Times,” he said. A secondary question is the newsworthiness of publishing the content of the private email, one that Hegseth said she almost immediately regretted sending and doesn't reflect how she perceives her son. Graham suggested that the newspaper wouldn't do the same for the nominee of a Democratic president-elect. “The New York Times is out to destroy these nominees,” he said. In its initial story, the Times wrote that it had obtained a copy of the email “from another person with ties to the Hegseth family.” “This was a piece of independently reported journalism published in the name of public awareness of the nominee to lead the largest department in the federal government,” Stadtlander said. “We stand behind it completely.” In many circumstances, an email from a mother to her son would be considered a private matter and out of bounds to a news organization, Rosenstiel said. But in this case, Hegseth, a former Fox News weekend host chosen by Trump to lead the Pentagon, has built himself into a public figure and is up for a very important job — and one that leads the military, which involves waging war and in which character is considered a fundamental trait. “It makes this news, honestly,” Stadtlander said. The Times wrote about Penelope Hegseth's Fox interview on Wednesday, leading with her saying her son “was not the same man he was in 2018 when she fired off an email accusing him of routinely abusing women and lacking decency and character.” There was some question about whether Hegseth would appear for an interview at his former network on Wednesday, after CNN's Kaitlan Collins posted on X the night before that “multiple people” said that was expected. A Fox News representative said that no such interview had been scheduled, and the nominee was on Capitol Hill meeting with senators. He has faced a flurry of other damaging reports, including stories about a sexual assault allegation reported to police in 2017. No charges were filed then, and Hegseth said the relationship was consensual. The New Yorker magazine wrote about reports of financial mismanagement , sexist behavior and excessive drinking when Hegseth ran a veterans' organization, and NBC News wrote about people at Fox News concerned about his alcohol use. David Bauder writes about media for the AP. Follow him at http://x.com/dbauder and https://bsky.app/profile/dbauder.bsky.social. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter.Niger junta suspends BBC accusing it of 'spreading false news' in coverage of attack

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